Mildred Benson (98 results)

Hardcover_pictorial boards. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. 5"x7.5"; 182 pages. Nancy in a blue blouse and skirt holding flashlight walking up stairs. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & PON inside front board. Secure ship w/track #. Teenage detective Nancy Drew uses her courage and powers of deduction to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion. Source: Publisher The Hidden Staircase is the second volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, published in 1930 and revised in 1959. The original text was written by Mildred Wirt Benson, and she has said that it is her personal favorite of the Nancy Drew Books she wrote. AR Quiz No. 5620 EN Fiction Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, VP Nancy finds the hidden staircase in the "haunted" house and also rescues her kidnapped father.

Hardcover_pictorial boards. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. 5"x7.5"; 204 pages. Nancy in green blouse and skirt behind tree looking at bungalow w/red roof. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. AR Quiz No. 5601 EN Fiction Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, VP After a near disaster, when the boat Nancy and her two friends were in gets caught in a horrible storm, a mystery unravels in a bungalow that they have found. The Bungalow Mystery is the third volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. It was the last of three books in the "breeder set" trilogy, released in 1930, to test-market the series. It was the final volume edited by Edward Stratemeyer before his death. Wikipedia.

Hardcover_pictorial boards. Condition: Very Good. Rudy Nappi (illustrator). 5"x7.5". 177 pp + advert. Pictorial boards w/preview of Nancy Drew Cookbook on back. Different illustrations from previous books as paste downs. Top edge painted black. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library. PON blacked out on fep. White sticker inside back cover. #9518 on heel. Light soiling to cover. 1971 RT 20 chapters. A friend of Carson Drew's has been arrested and charged with sending a truck loaded with explosive oranges into the Space Center complex at Cape Kennedy. Knowing that Mr. Billington could not possibly be guilt of sabotage, Nancy and her father rush to the defense of the accused man. During the Drews' investigation Nancy become suspicious of an old spooky mansion that houses fierce African wild animals on its extensive grounds. Soon, she discovers that something besides the training of wild animals is going on at the mysterious estate. Many dangerous moments await Nancy before she proves Mr. Billington's innocence and thwarts the plans of treacherous subversives bent on undermining the U.S. space program. Source: Publisher.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Book Club Edition. Grosset and Dunlap, New York. c1960 but really 1976 (as per Farah). Hardcover. Stated Book Club Edition on rear DJ flap. Farah Guide lists this book as Type #3 BCE, DJ #2607. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail; small stain on textblock top. DJ: Very Good +; light wear to head and tail; sticker glue remnant on the front panel; light suntoning to spine. Yellow grained paper over boards and spine with violet colored lettering on the spine. 180 pp 8vo. In this book, a terrified young girl and the peculiar guardian she fears get Nancy involved in a strange and daring mystery case. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Russell H. Tandy (illustrator). hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.

Hardcover_pictorial boards. Condition: Used - Fine. 5"x7.5"; 179 pages. Nancy's head beside statue on front. double Ovals. Back cover has The Thirteenth Pearl as last listing. Unopened book. 20 chapters. Spine #9514. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Nancy is asked to solve a puzzling mystery then encounters a second case. The first concerns a valuable collection of rare books. Wealthy Mrs. Merriam has commissioned a supposedly reputable art dealer to sell it, but soon believes the man is a swindler. The second mystery involves the theft of a beautiful marble statue, rumored to whisper, has an uncanny resemblance to Nancy! As suddenly as it disappeared, the marble statue is returned and is discovered to be a reproduction! To solve both mysteries, Nancy adopts an alias and a disguise, becomes an employee of the suspicious dealer, gathering evidence against a clever ring of art thieves. This book is the revised text.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Marguerite Gayer (illustrator). 1st. red c w/black titles; lite wear at extremities; ownr's names; 210 clean, unmarked pages, no ads.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Marguerite Gayer (illustrator). 1st. red c w/black titles; owner's stamp; 204 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Marguerite Gayer (illustrator). 1st. red c w/black titles; moderate wear; owner's stamp; 213 clean, unmarked page, no ads.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Frontis (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; red c; w/blacka titles; 213 clean, unmarked pages; owner's insc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Marguerite Gayer (illustrator). 1st. orange c w/black titles, some discoloration; lite wear at tips/spine; ;212 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Frontis (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; red/orange c w/black titles; 216 clean, unmarked pages; owner's name.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Frontis (illustrator). dj w/chipping, tears, small pieces missing, in mylar; red c w/black titles; 216 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Frontis (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; red c; w/blacka titles; 213 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Marguerite Gayer (illustrator). 1st. red c w/black titles, lite wear at tips/spine; 215 clean, unmarked pages, no ads.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Marguerite Gayer (illustrator). 1st. red c w/black titles, lite wear at extemities; owner's stamp; 212 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Frontis (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; red c; w/black titles; 213 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Frontis (illustrator). red c w/black titles; 203 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Marguerite Gayer (illustrator). dj w/lite chipping, some sunning, tape repair (neat), in mylar; ownr's names; 215 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Frontis (illustrator). 1st. early, not 1st printing; dj w/lite wear only, in mylar; owner's name; red c w/black titles; 216 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Frontis (illustrator). dj w/lite wear; red c w/black titles; 203 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good-. Thelma Gooch (illustrator). First Edition. Appears to be a first edition of the second book in the short series of only four books. Only the first two of the books (both written by Stratemeyer Syndicate author Mildred A. Wirt Benson) are listed on the verso of the title page. There is an original owners name and date on the free front end paper: "Imogene Hunt, June 10, 1933. The illustrations include the frontispiece and three internal plates illustrated by Thelma Gooch, who illustrated a number of girl's series books, as well as pulp publications, throughout her career. The internal plates on glossy paper are (1) "There lay one of the magician's snakes" (facing p. 32); (2) "A large fish flashed out of the water" (facing p. 112); (3) "Where -- Where did you get this photograph?" (facing p. 176). Size: Small Octavo (7 1/2-8"). 216 pages. One volume of the 4-volume set. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight and unmarked, though a little tanned from age. Front hinge shaken and breaks in the binding at the internal plates where they were glued (exposing the webbing). The text is followed by a four page publisher's catalogue. Very Good-minus hardcover bound in green cloth over boards. Worn through to the boards at the tips; fraying at the head and foot of the spine. Title in red outlined in black on the front cover; title, author and publisher in black on the spine. Illustrator: Thelma Gooch. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Teens & Young Adult; United States; 1930s; Fiction. Main Picture: Duncan (pseud. Benson), 1931, Doris Force at Cloudy Cove - Front cover and spine. Picture 2: Duncan (pseud. Benson), 1931, Doris Force at Cloudy Cove - Rear cover and page edges. Picture 3: Duncan (pseud. Benson), 1931, Doris Force at Cloudy Cove - Frontispiece and title page. Picture 4: Duncan (pseud. Benson), 1931, Doris Force at Cloudy Cove - Copyright page with inset of previous owner's dated inscription and first page of Table of Contents. Picture 5: Duncan (pseud. Benson), 1931, Doris Force at Cloudy Cove - Last page of Table of Contents and first page of text. Picture 6: Duncan (pseud. Benson), 1931, Doris Force at Cloudy Cove - Sample two-page spread. Picture 7: Duncan (pseud. Benson), 1931, Doris Force at Cloudy Cove - Last page and first page of publisher's catalogue. Picture 8: Duncan (pseud. Benson), 1931, Doris Force at Cloudy Cove - Pages 2 and 3 of the publisher's catalogue. Picture 9: Duncan (pseud. Benson), 1931, Doris Force at Cloudy Cove - Page 4 of the publisher's catalogue. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1428.

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Tandy, Russell H. (illustrator). Facsimile Reprint. The originals, just as you remember them,'' were how this series of Applewood Reprints of the original Nancy Drew mysteries were promoted when they appeared in the 1990s, bringing back the original format, text, DJ art, & internal illustrations of the original books from the 1930s for a new generation of readers. This was book #4, first published in 1931; this is the 13th Printing of the facsimile edition from 1994. Hardcover book replicates the original with medium blue boards (paper now, not cloth) with orange silhouette in center/lettering to spine & the orig. glossy frontispiece & 3 other illustrations by Russell Tandy, now all grouped in front instead of scattered throughout the book.These reprints all have new Introductions by famous mystery writers, here, by Mildred Wirt Benson, one of the most prolific authors of the original Nancys! The book is in Fine condition: completely clean & crisp, like new & unopened! Binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked.-The unclipped DJ is also Fine: bright & clean & unfaded, nicely protected in new mylar cover to stay that way. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Tandy, Russell H. (illustrator). Facsimile Reprint. The originals, just as you remember them,'' were how this series of Applewood Reprints of the original Nancy Drew mysteries were promoted when they appeared in the 1990s, bringing back the original format, text, DJ art, & internal illustrations of the original books from the 1930s for a new generation of readers. This was book #5, first published in 1931; this is the 2nd Printing of the facsimile edition from 1994. Hardcover book replicates the original with medium blue boards (paper now, not cloth) with orange silhouette in center/lettering to spine & the orig. glossy frontispiece & 3 other illustrations by Russell Tandy, now all grouped in front instead of scattered throughout the book.These reprints all have new Introductions by famous mystery writers, here, the most famous of the real authors of the Nancy Drew mysteries, Mildred Wirt Benson! The book is in Fine condition: completely clean & crisp, like new & unopened! Binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked. The unclipped DJ is also Fine: bright & clean & unfaded, nicely protected in new mylar cover to stay that way! Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Russell H. Tandy (illustrator). Facsimile Copy. Clue of The Hidden Staircase was written by Carolyn Keene (Mildred Wirt Benson) and was originally published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1930, This copy is a stated Facsimile Edition of that First Edition and was published by Applewood Books in 1991 and appears to be a First Edition, eighth printing as such. It is unedited and unchanged from the First Edition. It is NOT an ex-library copy both the book and the dust jacket are in very good + to near fine condition. The entire Applewood Books set is fairly popular amongst collectors as the prose of Mildred Wirt Benson has not been tampered with and it has been illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. For better or worse . . . it's how it used to be. Thank you!

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: New. In.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1/4" tears to top and bottom spine. Light wear, creases to wraps.